America Is The Land Of Opportunity

Many people have come to America for adventure, opportunity, freedom, and the chance to experience the particular qualities of the American landscape. The American Dream is the idea that every United States citizen, including immigrants and residents, should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative. America somewhat provides access to the American dream, it is more so the citizen who provides access to the dream for themselves. Even though they encountered many trials and tribulations, with persistence, people such as Langston Hughes in “I Too Sing America and Anzia Yezierska in “America and I” they were able to achieve their individual American Dream.

The American dream is large in the minds of the American public, and indeed, of people around the world. It has taken on somewhat of a life of its own, and its clear, powerful call has brought people from around the world to the shores of the United States for more than a century, each of them hoping to capture a little bit of the American dream for themselves. While some have (there are famous immigrants in history who have come to America with nothing and created ridiculously successful financial empires that even continue today), most have found that the proverbial American dream is far more myth than reality (Bambara

The American dream, an idea that is inextricably linked with liberal democratic principles, is based on the notion that on American soil, every person has equal access to opportunity and fair treatment under the law. America has been, and continues to be a primary destination for millions of immigrants from around the globe because it promises hope, freedom, and most important, a fair chance; migration to America has been predicated on the belief that with hard work and determination, success will eventually come. However, today, whenever the American dream is uttered, a negative connotation too often appears to be attached to it. There’s a certain attitude of pessimism as those who speak of it attempt to argue that the dream is dead,

The definition of the “American Dream” by James Truslow Adams, “life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement” this means that no matter your social class, dilemmas, or circumstances at birth one will overcome and make their dream come true. This is a misconception brought upon by us in order to bring more workers to justify a social class clearly. Many immigrants come to the US thinking there will be a better life for them. It is the place where dreams come through. They know it will not be easy and are willing to put the hard work and

     The American Dream cannot be defined clearly. Each person has his or her own dream. Some see it as owning a house or becoming a millionaire, while others define it as being able to read or to get a job. Society tends to associate this phrase with the amount of money a person earns or how many possessions they can acquire. The American Dream to others, especially immigrants, is a chance to succeed in a new life. The important fact is that Americans are given the freedom to decide what The American Dream is to them and the opportunity to achieve it.

The American Dream is the forefront of many beginnings for citizens and immigrants alike. Achieving this idea has proved to be unfair in certain circumstances due to many factors. The ability to reach the American Dream is not entirely realistic to a handful of people and is highly refutable.

The American dream, for many, can mean more opportunities for a better life, a fresh start, or a chance for unrestricted freedoms that other countries do not provide for their people. It is supposed to allow people a shot for equal work, fair pay, and equal rights under the Constitution, as long as they become a United States citizen. It is given the reputation for allowing all American citizens to be able to pursue a fair and equal chance for success, in the United States, whatever that success may look like to that particular person. That was the intention of course, but in reality the American dream is not always the idea that many claim it to be. Despite most American's best intentions to try and treat immigrants equally, there are some residents of the United States who cannot get over their sense of entitlement or privilege to

In the Article from JSTOR titled American Dreams by Schudson, all immigrate had similar goals and dreams. That dream was the “American Dream”. Since then, the desire to achieve goals and dream still remain the same and the idea of the American Dream brought many questions to the people. They wonder what is it, how it be can achieve, and can everyone have a chance to achieve it. The "American dream" is different for every person. For some people it means financial success while for others it means freedom of expression or dream to practice their religion without any fear. The "American dream" is a concept ideas, providing immigrants with the hope of a better life. The United States government provides the environment and assets everyone to pursue their dreams. Diversity Visa lottery program, Food Stamps, and Medicaid are some example of advantages that immigrant can get from the United States government (Borjas

“When I asked my dad why he brought us here,he always answered, “For a better opportunity of course!”(Miglani 1). This quote about the American Dream gives the most accurate definition for the American Dream. Throughout the readings, there many ideas that were trying to come around, but the one thing that stood out is love for America. The authors of these articles teaches the reader that many people come to America because it a way for those to fit in, which in that case causes the love for America.

Throughout history America has been the arriving place of immigrants searching for a better life. America is perceived as the land were endless opportunities are available. The greatest explanation of the American dream is Martin Luther King, Jr. speech; I Have a Dream. Dr. King speech is more like a testimony of truth, rather than a speech. At the time of his speech African Americans were not free, while the Declaration of Independence states that all men are created equal. Dr. King’s movement established the way for the idea that there is an American dream. The idea that somebody can be anything they would like to be. This idea is still relevant now in America. Americans pursue their dream everyday by having the opportunity to attend

The American dream is to build or get a house, family, or job. Immigrants came to this country long ago in order to chase this dream. The American dream is different for everyone because some people came here to avoid a financial crisis from wherever they hailed from. While others came here in order to provide and care for their family. Most people that are indigenous to America or are born in America have the dream of being rich and/or famous, while foreigners just want a little bit of money because of where they came from they couldn’t get any. Some people even came over here illegally to avoid their financial crisis, especially immigrants from Mexico who cross the border illegally.

The American Dream can mean different things depending on who is asked. Some will answer it is the freedom of religion, class or race, others will claim it is about the ability to choose where they want to work, what they want to wear, or what’s for breakfast the next day.

The American Dream can mean a number of different things to number of different people. Over the years this ideal has evolved and its definition will continue to change for many more years to come. What has not changed is the desire to achieve this dream. For decades now, people from all over the world have immigrated to the United States with hopes of obtaining this dream. However it seems that, to many immigrants the American dream has a very different and more modest definition. To many foreigners it means having the basic necessities in life and giving their children opportunities and life they ever had. Immigration can be a good and a bad thing. On one hand the overall standard of living is better but on the other hand it is almost

America is known as land of opportunity but it is not as easy as said to grab the opportunity here. Basically, for the first generation; it is likely to bite a stone to establish and set a professional life here. Only few fortunate and intelligent people set up well in short span of time but, rest of other needs to have a lot of dedications and tremendous effort. Everyone faces difficulties while beginning a new journey in this dreamland. It is common, people make beautiful dreams of taking higher education, earning money and enjoy a life as of rich people who are seen having luxurious lives etc. But, fulfilling those dream is not as simple as we believe and expect. Sometime, those difficulties tend frustration to some people and make them cry for their illusion. In fact, its only our misapprehension to make a big dream without a great deal of work. As we know the truth, we can’t pick up money from tree.

America is the country of opportunity and the country for all to become wealthy if the try hard enough, yet many people who live in this country do not have the same ability to succeed like their wealthy neighbors. Whether it being a geographical, race, gender, family upbringing into a low-income household or just the lack of ability to strive up the american set class system of wealth, are some reasons why the people in the bottom of the barrel of our economic system are left there to either rot or struggle up an infinite wall. When we let our neighbors suffer with the cancerous economic disease we call poverty, then are we allowed to be called the greatest country in the world? If the American government would allow a reliant safety net to stay able bodied to not allow its citizens to sink below the poverty line again or to never allow anybody in the first place to, then perhaps that shall be when America is set forth to be the global role model it so eagerly pertains to.